9.28.2009

Been darned busy with work and fun and some epic, life altering stuff.

A new jacket hot off the press for the nifty novel The Carnivore by Mark Sinnett.

Here's the synopsis:

In October 1954, just as Ray and Mary Townes seem to be establishing the perfect marriage, Hurricane Hazel barrels through Toronto, killing 81 people. Ray, a young cop, is hailed as a hero by the newspapers, for saving several lives from a rampant Humber River, while Mary is a nurse who performs her own small miracles that night. But as the young couple try to resume their life together in a shell-shocked city, Mary begins to doubt her husband’s story. Who is it, exactly, that stares out at her now from the cover of the Globe and Mail? Definitive answers prove elusive, and divisive. And fifty years later, when a reporter comes knocking, wanting to once more revisit and celebrate that violent night, a host of secrets finally surface that threaten to destroy them.

Combining images of a historical photo evoking the era and setting, a detail of classic wallpaper connoting the idyllic dream of marriage in the 1950s, and a slab of protective plywood was almost enough. Almost. A big thanks goes out to my boy Michael Holmes for letting me add the first rain drops of the impending storm in the form of a clear spot varnish.

Hi there. I’m guessing this blog will, from time to time, play host to postings by myself pertaining to my work in the world of book design. But I’m pretty sure I won't be able to stay solely on that topic so I’ll likely veer off a bit and talk a little about Coupe, a magazine I put out there, my work in fine art, design, music, food, and anything else on my mind. I’ll try to keep the run-on sentences to a minimum. Promise.

I’m a graphic designer specializing in book and magazine design. I recently packed up the whole operation and moved from downtown Toronto to an old farmhouse on 10 acres in Bobcaygeon, a town of 3,000 1 hour 45 min. north-east of the big city.